One who duly bathes and prays oft destroys his merit by the food he eats. His gain and loss are equal; his income and expenses are the same. The labourer’s capital remains just his rope and sickle. Tuka says, A wasteful man will never procure God.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1087
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents